@ahoodedfigure: It's not so much that they say that verbatim, but they bring up things like how Final Fantasy gets lower review scores now than they did in the '90s every time someone says that the Japanese can't make good/interesting games anymore. I made this list because I had just read one such thread, and was about to post it to show that there were games that different from Final Fantasy in every single way, but still relevant and fun. In the end, I decided not to, but I kept the list anyway.

Which, of course, is uncharacteristic of me because I could just play Baldur's Gate all day and I'd totally be fine with that. Japanese RPGs are interesting to me, but not really my taste. I still hate it when people put the cart before the horse and declare such and such a game is dead because it didn't resonate with them personally.